(Children by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.)
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What the leaves are to the forest,
With light and air for food,
Ere their sweet and tender juices
Have been hardened into wood, -
That to the world are children;
Through them it feels the glow
Of a brighter and sunnier climate
Than reaches the trunks below.
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**Herein, Longfellow depicts the worth - the true value of children to our world.